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s A-2 =» e | BULLITT RETURNG, ~ PRAISING PARLEY Says London Conference Showed Obstacles Impeding World Economic Recovery. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 18.—William C. | Bullitt, special Assistant Secretary of | State and executive officer of the Amer- | | fcan delegation to the London Economic | Conference, returned today on the S. S. | President Roosevelt with the view that the conference had been “very useful.” “The conferepce enabled the states: men of the world to discover clearl: and in detail the difficulties in the way of economic reconstruction,” he said. “The silver agreement was especially | ‘valuable to the United States,” he con- | tinued, “and at the conclusion of the eonference everybody had good feelirgs about each other.” Coming Here at Once. ¥ Bullitt said he would go immediately to Washington. He was accompanied by his 9-year-old daughter. Anne | " He would venture no prediction as to what might be expected of futur meetings of the Economic Conference. “To do so,” he said, “would be to in- d in necromancy. ulBg:m" said he was able to observe a #general pick-up” all over the world. “President Roosevelt’s position 8| extraordinary,” he said. “There ir & general inclination over the world e consider him the leading statesman 17![ the earth, and everywhere people have | the feeling that he has attacked the problems of the depression with extraor- dinary vigor, intelligence and corrage. Reiterates Earlier Denia: i Bullitt still insisted he had nothing to do with the Roosevelt administration prior to his appointment as specia Assistant Secretary of State. Followin; Roosevelt's election and prior to his in- euguration it was charged on the floor of the Senate that Bullitt was nego- tiating with foreign sauntgies on the war debt. This was vigorously denied | by himself and the incoming adminis- tration. He denied a ferther report today that | he had been negotiating ¥sth Russia, Jooking to recognition of ihe Soviet| Tegime by the United States. “It has been well known that I have been advocating recognition of Russia for the past 15 years,” he said, “but ~whatever is done is up to the President. 1 have nothing to do with it.” FREIGHT CAR POOL ECONGMY STUDIED! Eastman Aide Considers Previous/ Objections to Plan for Cut- ting Railroad Costs. By the Assoctated Presa In an effort to effect important economies in railroaG operation, Joseph B. Eastman, co-ordinator of transpor- tation, has undertaken a study of the ,possibilities of a general or limited “freight car pool. Announcing this yesterday, Eastman imade public a statement by O. C. Castle, director of car pooling in his; organization, outlining three steps ini the investigation, the first of which will | Rake into account previous “valid and | practical objections” to the plan. “Any revival of the proposition which sgnores these objections is foredoomed | to failure.” said Castle, who joined the | 1 co-ordinator’s staff after serving 13 years as superintendent of transporta- tion for the Southern Pacific Lines in Texas and Louisiana. “The first task, therefore, with which the section of car pooling is faced,” he said, “is to determine by a study of current conditions whether or not there are economies possible in the operation | of freight cars under some form of pool. “The second task is to develop the practical obstacles to the successful operation of a freight car pool and to devise means to overcome them. ! “The final step in the program as- suming the successful outcome of the initial studies will be the adoption and inauguration of a workable plan for the freight car pool.” - ARMY FLYER ORDERED BEFORE RETIRING BOARD | Maj. Maxwell Kirby Summoned Because of Injury Received in I Pursuit Plane Crash. ! Maj. Maxwell Kirby, Army Air Corps, Victor over two German balloons and 8 German airplane during the World ‘War, has been ordered before an Army retiring board as a result of his serious injury in a crash near Leonardtown, Md., June 15. Maj, Kirby still is a patient in Walter Reed Hospital. Maj. Kirby was injured in attempting %o leap from a blazing pursuit plane in! which he was flying from Langley Field, Hampton, Va., where he was stationed, to a National Guard encampment in Pennsylvania. He had just crossed the Potomac River when the motor of his plane burst into flames. He attempted to land the plane in an open field. but was forced to jump at low_altitude. He struck the ground before his para- chute had completely opened and was 50 seriously injured that for a time it | was thought he would not live. Maj. Kirby, a native of Roseville,; Calif, is well known in Washington, + having been stationed here during sev- <> eral tours of duty in Army Air Corps | * headquarters. i - PROTEST “STRETCH-OUT”| “‘Weave Room Employes Quit Cot-| 3 ton Mill Post. i NEWBERRY, 8. C., August 18 (P).— = In protest against what they described “"as an ‘“extra stretch-out” instituted ‘Monday, weave-room employes of the “Mollohon cotton mill here quit their _ posts early yesterday afternoon, and . operations at the plant were suspended. Officials of the mill declined to make any statement, but insisted there was no strike by employes. The mill force i: comprises about 450 workers, of which 40 are weavers. Drought Follows Storm. KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 18 (). «Lack of water and other supplies +- formed & distressing aftermath today to a storm which Wednesday caused 130 deaths and widespread property damage. Gov. Sir Ransford Slater sponsored the raising of a $500,000 re- 13 llefofund to care for 50,000 inhabitants ‘whose suffering was said to be acute. SAN FRANCISCO, August 18 (#).— for divorce here yeste'rdx;"“ from “fhe two were married st Boston Sep- . to pay her bills and was intoxicated. — Wife Sues Ship Captain. Mrs. Mary Kate Cadogan of Boston filed suit Capt. ‘Jeremiah ' J: Oadogan the steamship President- Polk. tember 25, 1929, and separated August 15. She charges he abused her, refused % She asked alimony and costs of the case. ) A} 4] What’s What Behind News in Capital. Roosevelt’s Ace-in-Hole Is Socialization - of U. S. Industry. BY PAUL MALLON. HE men at the top here have bigger rabbits under their hats than they are ready to let out yet Inflation is a medium - sized and obvious bunny compared to a big idea that is being casually initiated The idea is rooted in a hidden se: tence of the national recovery act. It was planted there by a brain trustee who was thinking far ahead of Con- gress. It reads: “The President is also authorized to establish an industrial planning and research agency to aid | in carrying out his functions” in con- nection with N. R. A, You know what national industrial planning means—modified socialization of indnstry. N No one paid any attention to the odd sentence. No one would now, ex- cept for the fact the President actually has set up a quasi national planning oard without letting any one in on the secret. Organization Set Up Quietly. It is this central statistical board which_was so quietly organized less than two weeks ago. It was desig- nated_to co-ordinate Government statistics. The idea was to keep tab on how the N. R. A. is working out. The fact such statistics are essential | to the first step in national industrial planning was not mentioned. The other half of that inner pic- ture is furnished by the N. R. A. Its progress so far is also a necessary step if national planning is to be under- [al;(‘n. t not bring results it cannot quit and fold up. It must go forward. The next logical step is to- double the pressure—fix all wages | Also, it has been ducking the price | It cannot | question wherever possible. do that much longer. You cannot dab-| ble with wages and not dabble with prices. The two are too closely related. If you begin to fix wages and prices, you have the same rabbit the Central Statistical Board is working on—na- ticnal industrial planning. May Never Get Strong Dose. This does not mean you are going to get such a strong dose any time soon. You may never get it. If remedies now being tried do the job, every one, in- cluding Mr. Rooseveit, will forget about the big ace he has in the hole Also, he has no power now to insti- tute national planning. The only power he has is to prepare the way for it. He must get operating authority from Congress. The time for that cannot arrive be- fore Congress reconvenes in January By then the groundwork of prepara- tion can be completed. All that Con- gress would have to do is to pass a simple authorizing resolution. ese considerations show that the present squabbles between industrialists | and the N. R. A. are somewhat trivial. If industry should cause the N. R. A. movement to fail, the dose mext time will be twice as Dbitter. While they are quarreling over mole- hills, the mountains may fall on them. They suspect it, but do not fear it. What they are banking on is a natural business improvement which will force Government withdrawal from the busi- ness fleld at an early date. Expect Inflation First. Those who should know say that the planning phase has nothing to do with | inflation. Their theory is that infla- tion will come first. The national planning theory would not include Government ownership or operation of industry. Nobody wants that or is even considering it. The socialization would extend only to the fixing of wages and prices. Production also would be planned Restriction of profits would come natu- rally as a result. It would mean full Government control Some of Gen. Johnson's advisers are suspicious that four of the major indus- tries are doing a little collective bar- gaining on the side. They have heard and believe re- ports that the industries have an understanding among themselves about how they are going to deal with the N. R. A. The agreement is supposed to have been made after one industry came { down here complaining about what was lin the code of another. They all de- cided off-stage that co-operation would | get them further than quarreling among i themselves. Whether the agreement includes a ban on unionization is not yet clear. Rail Labor Seeking Code. Railroad labor is pressing strongly on the inside of the N. R. A. for a railroad code. They are trying to prove Gen. Johnson has authority over the roads, despite the rail laws passed by Con- gress. Most N. R. A. advisers believe the law is against that contention, but men have been known to get around laws when they want to. Mr. Roosevelt chose one of his closest friends, rather than an econ- omist, to handle the Central Statistical Board for him. The man is Frank ‘Walker, who knows little about economic planning, but plenty about keeping secrets. Some who are very close to the presi- dential desk share the industrial view that recovery without additional stimu- lants is just around the next corner. They are banking heavily on the normal seasonal upturn in September. The coming of Sir_Frederick Leith- Ross to discuss the. British debt % R. not alter the inner stalemate. British had planned to send a cabinet minister or {wo. The selection of an economic adviser instead shows how much chance they think there is settlement. @ o has dealt largely in mmlmuml‘ | wages and shorter hours. If that does | CaE By BN i bavidan X, au Sp oA U S. COMMISSION | - WILL GO T0 CUBA | Economic and Financial Ex- perts Will Aid in Country’s Restoration. Plans for sending American economic and financial experts to Cube to aid in that country’s restoration were formed today in long distance telephone con- | versation between Ambassador Sumner | Welles at Havana and State Depart- | ment officials. | The delegation to be dispatched | shortly, .at the invitation of the new | Cuban government, would study con- ditions and recommend ways of re- organizing Cuba's finances and indus- tries, suffering from the effects of de- pression, revolution and strikes. American investors have more than a billion and a half dollars in Cuban industries, chiefly in the sugar indus- try, and Cuban bonds are exclusively held in the United States. The United States destroyer Taylor today was ordered to leave Havana Harbor Acting Secretary Phillips said mes- sages from Ambassador Welles in Ha- vana indicated that conditions through- out Cuba are quieting down in a very encouraging manner and that the pres- ence of warships in Havana Harbor was no longer necessary to lend moral sup- port to the Cuban government. CESPEDES GRATEFUL TO U. 8. Expresses Gratitude for Respecting Cuban Sovereignty. | HAVANA, August 18 (#)—Expressing gratitude to the United States for “the | way the sovereignty of Cuba has been | respected,” Provisional President Carlos Manuel de Cespedes promised today that his administration would “rule Cuba by justice, law and order.” The new head of the state made these assertions in an interview with the for- eign press in the course of which he indicated that his government Was making progress in attacking the politi- cal and economic problems of the nation. “The destinies of Cuba are in the balance.” the President said. | He emphasized the importance of the Nation’s economic and financial prob- | lems, most of which center about the sugar question. “The price of sugar is the barometer \ of Cuban progress,” he declared. “With- out a fair profit Cuba cannot produce sugar, and the resources of the govern- | ment will diminish. “The people depend on this industry. The crops are there. We need only rea- sonable treatment for our sugar, and we desire to arrive at a modification of the reciprocity treaty. “Although I should not use the word, we havg the right to be rich because of the ferfility of our soil and our prox- imity to the United States. Our rela- tionship should be one of mutual profit. ‘We desire you to buy our sugar and we want you to be our best source of sup- ply for many things. We want to be your largest customer if possible. “The importance of having a sugar supply at your door was made evident during the war, and this should make the United States interested in main- taining good conditions in Cuba.” After expressing his appreciation to President Roosevelt and Ambassador | Sumner Welles for the fact that the | United States did not intervene when President Machado was ousted, Senor de Cespedes went on to speak of his colleagues in the government. END OF CUBAN STRIKE SEEN. Settlement of Harbor Workers' Differ- ences Expected Today. HAVANA, August 18 (#).—Settlement of a paralyzing harbor strike which would solve a major labor problem confronting the new Cuban government was ex- pected today by Joaquin Martinez Saenz, secretary of the treasury. Shippers and strikers announced dock leborers and launch operators would end their strike this morning, but long- shoremen and stevedores decided to hold out for recognition of their union. Shipping interests maintain the union is directed by Communists, but the treasury head thought the need for patriotic support for the new regime end the influence of his A B C op- position organization would bring the strikers around. For more than two weeks the strikes, a continuation of the general trade paralysis that preceded the overthrow of President Machado, have played havoc with shipping. Several large liners have been forced to cancel scheduled stops, with hundreds of tourists, at the Havana docks. Most of the workers seem anxious to return_to their duties but they claim their leaders prevented. Their major demands have been met—that the weight of sugar bags they carry be re- duced, that ferries be abolished, and that all ships anchor in midstream in- stead of docking. The daily wage will be $4, with double pay for overtime. Three questions remain: A 44-hour week, rotation of labor, and recognition of their unions. Besides Martinez Saenz, Lieut. Col Erasmo Delgado and Provisional Presi- dent de Cespides worked to end the strike, one of the sorest problems still confronting the government. Meanwhile, all Havana was seething with rumors that former Police Chief A. B. Ainciart, whom opposition groups accuse of many crimes, had been ap- prehended and held either in Pflnci&e Prison or Castillo de la Fuerza. Offi- cial sources said they heard the rumor, but had no_ definite information. No one could be found who had seen Ainciart. A government “blockade” on former members of the Machado regime sus- pected of official misconduct prevented the sailing into exile of several im- portant leaders of the former adminis- tration. The drive against Machadistas contin- ued with the killing of two men near the capital and one at Camaguey. Ri- cardo Herrera, chauffeur for former Secretary of War Alberto Herrera, was shot down by soldiers and police in a barber shop. Policeman Marcial Herrero was killed by a mob after he fired a pistol in the crowd, to whose mercy he was left after the initial shooting. Amparo Gonzalez, reputed Machadista, was shot by sol- diers when he tried to escape. The secretary of the treasury, it was learned authoritatively, has recom- mended to De Cespedes a moratorium on unpaid taxes and a reduction in some levies. LOS ANGELES TAXPAYERS THREATEN TO STRIKE Rate Boosting Proposal Brings Jeers. and Hisses From® Citi- zens at Gathering. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 18.—A tax- payers’ strike in case the present 88- cent rate is increased was threatened yesterday at a supervisors’ heaging on the Los Angeles County budget. At the close of an all-day meeting, at which taxpayers and representatives of taxpayers’ associations criticized the mounting costs of government and gave vent to jeers and hisses, Chairman of the board that the prell would be reduced by 10 per cent. Quinn said that there probably would have to be some increase in the rate of of supervisors supervisors budget of |88 cents per $100 valuation because valuations, he said, have shrunk about 47 per cenh ® ! morrow or early next week. DR. FABIO LOZANO. 1 The Colombian Minister today dis- cussed reciprocal tariff agreements with | State Department officials. WELLES TO RETIRE FROM CUBAN POST; WORK ON TARIFFS (Continued Prom First Page) | | that she is willing toecancel the other agreements to give the American products a better chance. The Ameri- can Government is leaving this matter to Colombia’s discretion. Tae conver- sations which have started today at t!le‘ State Department will be continued next week, when, it is expected, some definite | agreement will be reached. Portugal Coming Into Line. | ‘The next country to come into line for the discussion of a reciprocal tariff agreement is Portugal. The importance of the negotiations with Portugal is that they will form a test case for our dis- cussions with Brazil. Portugal can ex- port into the United States olives, sar- dines and, when the eighteenth amend- | ment is repealed, port wine. This lat- ter product probably will form the most | remunerative trade between the two | countries. Portugal has intimated its willingness to give a preferential tariff to American automobiles, farm and electrical appliances. The negotiations with that country will being either to- The new Portuguese Minister has not arrived in Washington as vet and the conversa- tions will begin as soon as he arrives here i Besides these two countries, with whom an agreement is expected to be reached soon, early negotiations are ex- pected to be started with Argentina. The case of that republic is more complicated because its exports ar competing with the American farm products. 1 Ambassador Felipe Espil has inti- mated the desire of his country to reach an agreement with the United States some time ago. He saw Presi- dent Roosevelt and discussed the mat- ter with him twice in the last two months. President Roosevelt showed himself in favor of a reciprocal tariff agreement, although the American ex- perts saw serious difficulties in reach- ing such an agreement. There are a number of commodities, such as tanin bark and mate, a spe- cial kind of tea, which could be im- ported into the United States without trouble, but Argentina wants the ban lifted on the import of grapes and Patagonian mutton. They point out| that, as far as the mutton is con- cerned, the decision to bar its entrance into the United States is unfair. The technical reason which forbids the im- portation of Argentine mutton is that | sheep in Argentina are contaminated with hoof and mouth disease. The Ar- | gentine government points out this dis- ease is unknown in Patagonia and to penalize the Patagonian ranchers for a disease which exists in Argentina | is like penalizing Alaskan fishermen for | some disease of the fish on the East Coast of the United States. Hopes to Satisfy Claims. President Roosevelt is said to be in | favor of finding some way out to sat- isfy the Argentine claims and it is expected the conversations between Espil and Caffery may result in an agreement acceptable to both nations. These are, of course, preliminary agreements. It is hoped their ear conclusion will have a.beneficial in- fluence on the other Latin American countries, when the Montevideo confer- ence opens in December. The suspicions of Latin America | against the political aims of the United States have been considerably toned down during the last few weeks. The way the American Government has | acted in the Cuban situation, the im- minent withdrawal of the Marines from | Haiti and clear indications that the United States has not the remotest idea of using the Monroe doctrine as a po- litical weapon, all have tended to re- move the suspicions and fears which foreign propaganda has endeavored to | instill in the minds of the Latin Amer- ican people. SHIELDS DEFEATS VINES DECISIVELY Widely Outplays Opponent in Semi-Finals of Newport Tournament. By the Associated Press. NEWPORT, R. I, August 18.—Ells- worth Vines, national tennis champion, today was widely outplayed by Frank X. Shields as that powerful New Yorker ran up a straight set victory in the seim-final round of the Newport| Casino Tennis Tournament. Vines, | casino victor for the pa$t two years, | was eliminated by a 6—2, 6—4, 6—4 margin. The titlist, in singles competition for the first time since his Davis Cup| collapse against Fred Perry in the | interzone finals with England, started in erratic fashion and dropped the opening service with three consecu- tive errors. He managed to pull up even by breaking Shields in the next game. ~ Shields, however, then settled | down for the remainder of the match | and made two more breaks through | Vines as he swept the first set in| decistve fashion Leads in Second Set. Vines managed to run up a 2—0 lead | in the second set, but Shields ripped off the next two by rushing to the net and slicing over baffling drop shots that caught Vines off balance. Shields again handled Vines' fast ball deliv-| ery to break through for a 4—3 lead in the seventh game, and carefully nursed his slim lead until the set ran out on service in the tenth game. | Two sets down, Vines tried to call upon his terrific power to stem the tide, but he was only able to get a few of them cver the net. He made only | one point as Shields broke him in the | fifth game and he dropped his next service on errors to trail at 5—2 Vines won the eighth game with a furious attack against Shields’ service and then upheld his own in the ninth game, during which Shields reached match point three times, as it was deuced thrice. | That was Vines' last stand, for Shields | | took the first point in the tenth game with a smash that trapped the titlist at the net and so unsteadied him that he ended the match by netting the three points that Shields needed for victory. Beat Parker Yesterday. Shields was even more impressive against the Davis Cup ace than he was when running up his straight-set vic- tory over Frankie Parker, brilliant Milwaukee youngster. in yesterday's quarter-finals play. He made only 55 errors in the 28 games, agai Vines, who had the surprising total of 54 nets and 3 double faults. Vines' spectacular smashing service gave him only three aces, while it was betraying him. Shields also was credited with three service aces, but 20 more of his serves came over with such fury that Vines either netted them or dre them far beyond the base line Weather conditions were decidedly unfavorable, the court was soggy, and thick waves of fog from the harbor drifted over the players continually A heavy shower broke while Vines was making his last stand in the ninth game of the deciding set. It forced a halt in the semi-finals duel between ‘Wilmer Aliison, Vines’ Davis Cup team- mate and his runner-up b last year, and Clifford Sutter, the New Orleans star, which started shortly after Shields and Vines got under way Allison had a set lead when the rain halted the match. He dropped the first to Sutter at 6—3. but took the next two at 6—4 and 6—2. VETERAN GROUP ELECTS Paul | st Army and Navy Union. ST. LOUIS, August 18 () —Paul Werner of St. Louis was elected national commander of the Army and Navy Union at the concluding session yes- terday of the annual convention of the organization, composed of men Wwho ! have served in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps. Other_new officers named are I Robert Shrage of Atlantic City, N. J., and Okey Rookstool of Akron, Ohi vice commanders; Herman A. Finkey of St. Louis. adjutant, and John J. Clark of Perth Amboy, N. J. pay- | master. | DEFER GOLD DECISION l Answer to U. S. Producers by Can- | Werner, Louis, Heads ada Expected Today. OTTAWA, Ontarfo, August 18 (#).—| Because of the absence of E. N. Rhodes, minister of finance, the cabinet yester- day postponed consideration of the ap- plications of United States gold pro- | ducers for permission to ship gold con- centrates and ore to Canada to be re- fined. Mr. Rhodes was expected back last night and the question will be con- Senator at Bank Hearing COUZENS TESTIFIES PPEARING at his own request, the Detroit bank investigating A National Bank, Detroit. AT DETROIT PROBE. Senator James Couzens testified before grand jury yesterday after an earlier | witness, Wilson W. Mills, former chairman of the board of the First| had said the Senator’s opposition to a loan| from the R. F. C. forced the closing of two national banks. Photo shows | Senator Couzens (right) as he was about to begin his testimony. At the left is Prosecutor Harry S. Toy, with Circuit Judge Harry B. Keidan, heading the Jjury, in the center. —A. P. Photo. Four Murderers Electrocuted As War on Crime Intensifies Inexorable Course of Law Catches Kill- ew Names Are Added to List | ers, but ! of Victims in All Parts of Country. By the Associated Press. The law is sometimes stupid, and rogues sneer; but the law is inexorable, and rogues snivel, cringe—and d Four of them walked “the last mile” between yesterday’s sunset and today's dawn, sitting down to death in the electric chair to pay for murders they had done. One was a colored man R. T. Bennett. The State of Texas electrocuted him for murdering a Dallas strangling her with a silk ing. Sing Sing saw the others die. The three men were executed at six-min- ute intervals Two died for murder committed during a New York City hold-up. The third, Stephen Witherell. had killed his father, robbed him and then gone on a honeymoon. Father Slayer Whines. It was Witherell who just before starting the march to the death chair —the last agonizing mile—whined “I don't rate the deal I'm getting.” The law, like the jaws of a steel trap. was snapping shut, too, on other hunted men elsewhere. An Arkansas posse snared Gene Johnson and shot him dead when he offered fight. He was wanted for murdering a Kansas police officer. They say he was one of Underhill's men—Wilbur Underhill, dreaded gunman of the Southwest. Johnson's wife, wanted in connection with a Kansas bank robbery, was wound- ed and captured; but Leroy Wright, an- | other of the bad men whose guns have | blazed death and terror in Kansas, es- | Bloodhounds bent their noses caped. to the ground of the wild country near Siloam Springs. but lost the trail. Posses | pushed the search for him today in Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma. From Denver came significant evis dence of the law’s persistence. It hinted that murder mystery might be near. Police Search Unending. For more than a vear the hunt for the abductor-killer of the child has gone on. Herbert Hoover, promised that the Federal Government would never cease its search until the crime was solved. The New Jersey State police, too, dedicated themselves to running down the killer or Kkillers, however long the trail. ‘Today at Denver two Federal agents, described as having been assigned to the murder hunt “for life,” probed the pasts of Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates, both now in cells, and this gave rise to the suggestion that these men and the gang to which they belonged may be suspect- ed of the Lindbergh murder. Bailey is held in Texas for the Urschel kidnaping at Oklahoma City. and Bates is held at Denver in connection with a thwarted | kidnap plot. Arkansas is having its full quota of crime. Mark Shank, the Akron, Ohio, | sidered at the cabinet meeting today.!attorney who told police he poisoned Hill Billies Drive 87 Miles to Play 2/2 Minutes B. C. CUTS OFF C. C. C. AFTER FIRST TUNE, BUT PROMISES RETURN ENGAGEME e bandsmen shown, standing, left to right, are: Dan Bateman, Clinchburg, Va. The Murphy Weakley, Nethers, Va.; J. R. Sugar Grove, Va.; Tera Weakley, Gilbert Blevins, Mount Hope, W. Hawse, Harrisonburg, Va.; Charles M. Madison County, Va., and E. K. Miller, Luray, Va. director. ! Va.; Cecil Denton, Clinchburg, Va.; Paul H. Miller, Luray, son of the director, and B. F. Shaffer, Luray. HE Hill Billy Band from the Citizens' Conservation Camp at Skyland, Va., headed back to the mountains today, somewhat disappointed after traveling 87 miles in an open truck to keep a radio engagement that lasted only two and one-half minutes. President Roosevelt stopped to listen to the band play when he visited the camp last week and seemed to like their mountain music, so the musicians just couldn’t understand why a radio udience, even though it may be blase, couldn’t tolerate more than one of their interpretations. The band was sent to Washington by , camp officials to take part in a special i“Happy Days” program, dedicated to the Citizens' Conservation Camps of the country and broadcast last night by WMAL and the N. B. C. “blue” net- work. The musicians said they were told they would be allocated five min- utes and expected to play two numbers. But when the fiddlers in the group drew their bows across the last note of “Scldier’s Joy,” the opening selec- tion, an announcer al ly waved the entire band away from the microphone. N. B. C. officials_apologetically ex- plained it wasn't the music, because the band really is good as hill billy bands go, but must have been R. W. Hawks, Galax, Va; J. Gilbert Ashlin, g, left to right: Dodson, Nethers, Va. Sitt! some misunderstanding, because . the original program allotted them only two and one-half minutes. The Army Band also took part in the broadcast, it was explained, and it occupied only three minutes of the program. At any rate, N. B. C. officals said at some future time the band is to be given a “spot” all its own for 15 min- utes or more, so the musicians can show the country how hill billy music is played in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. After the brief radio performan band spent the night in Washington in the barracks of the Army Headquarters then President, | ce the | A | four members of a family and who yes- | terday at his arraignment pleaded not guilty, was removed from Benton, Atk fo Little Rock for safekeeping. The temper of crowds in the Benton streets influenced the police decision to move . His wife at Akron telegraphed: “Have full confidence in you. Love.” Woman Denies Crime. At Grundy, Va., Matilda Roberts con- tinued to deny knowledge of how three men were slain in an automobile in which she admitted she was a pas- senger. But as the law struck crime went on, the same. John Donovan. a 65 vear-old recluse, was found brutall slain at his Elizabeth, N. J., home late last night. The body lay in a pool of blood. The head had been crushed, as though with an ax. The house was in extreme disorder. The body of a truck driver. James | Palermo, was found near a roadway in Astoria (Queens), N. Y. He had been trussed in a manner so every struggle to free himself tightened a rope about his neck, so that he garroted himselr. The manner of his _death was muct like that of Joseph Weshefsky, a con- vict, found similarly trussed in an_au- tomobile parked in front of New York police headquarters last December. Tong Peace Assured. | The law, however. considered itself a | victor in the announcement in New York that a treaty of peace had been agreed to by rival Chinese tongs, end- ing the threat of Nation-wide conflict | between them. The N. R. A. was cred- ited by Kiliang Yin, Chinese consul general, with playing a part in bring- ing peace. He said: “The spirit of the N. R. A. stills dis- turbances. In the spirit of the N. R. A. | the tong leaders said we must bury the hatchet to hasten the prosperity of re- covery GAINES CASE A MYSTERY. solution of the Lindbergh baby | | e Ballistics Expert Seeks Clue to Doctor’s Killing in Bullets. SPOKANE, Wash. August 18 (P.— Detectives turned today to a microscope in their search for clues in the slaying of Dr. James I. Gaines, prosperous drug- | less physician and sportsman Baffled by a maze of trails that led al- | most invariably to women, investigators called in Lawrence Albert, a ballistics | expert, in the hope that he could find in |the three .38-caliber bullets taken from Gaines’ body a clue which would lead ' {to the weapon from which they were | | fired. and on to the one who held it. Gaines was killed in the driveway of | his home early last Tuesday morning as he stepped from his automobile, a few | minutes after he left the apartment of a | young woman friend. ‘Working on the theory Gaines might | have been killed with his own pistol, | which was missing from his home, Al- bert obtained bullets known to have been fired from the gun for comparison with those found in the body. Until developments indicate otherwise, Detective Captain James McCarry said he was basing his investigation on the theory that revenge or jealousy was the motive for the murder. Woman Is Questioned. Working in this direction, he has in- vestigated Gaines’ relationship with numerous women, one of whom was held in the city jail as a material wit- ness. She is Mrs. Harriette Andrew, a stenographer, in whose Gaines spent all but 10 minutes of the he was convinced she was not connected with the actual slaying. but that he felt sure she possessed information which might be valuable. McCarry planned to question Mrs. Lily Gaines, the widow, today. She found her husband dying after being awakened by the three shots. Her examination was delayed until after Gaines’ funeral, which was held yesterday. WOMAN DENIES GUILT. Torch Killing Warrant in Illinois First of Kind in State. ROCKFORD, Ill, August 18 (#).— Although held on a warrant charging “murder by burning” in the flaming death of her former husband, Mrs. May Hanson, 38, continued today to main- tain her innocence. State’s Attorney Robert D. Nash who conducted the investigation into the death Sunday night of Earl Hanson, factory executive, said the warrant was the first to make the charge ever is- sued in Illingis. It alleged death was caused by the “agency of a pan of gasoline and a match.” AT o o Alp Climbers Killed. ZERMATT, Switzerland, August 18 #).—Two rsons were killed in a plunge of 1, feet yesterday after they climbed Mount Weisshorn, which is 14,- 800 feet high. Latest information from the mountains indicated both were Swiss, Americans in the region being accounted for. One of the dead was identified as the Swiss guide Franz Lochmatter, who is widely known in the region. —————e ‘Will Balance Budget. BUENOS AIRES, August 18 (&) —A determination to balance Argentina’s 1934 budget without resorting to new by President P. Justo. An improved fiscal revenue, the President belleves, wili make this nossible, but if not, the gov- ernment w1l make a general readjust- ment in e:Jenditures. L4 apartment | | last two hours of his life. McCarry said | CRIMINAL OFFERSE CHARGED TO BANK Couzens Asks Inquiry Into Methods of Union Guardian of Detroit. ___(Continued Prom Pirst Page) what he said in ord of May, 1933: “‘For the last 12 or 14 years there has been no esplonage on the weak national banks. The controller of the currency admits that if he enforced the 1aw, he would have closed half the national banks of the country.” “He means,” said Couzens, “the con- troller’s office has not dome its duty and had allowed banks to engage in irregular and fllicit practices. It has endangered the whole banking com- munity and paralyzed the whole busi ness community.” “If the Federal Government was dere- lict in its duty, don’t you think it should come to the aid of Detroit depositors now?” asked Toy. “You must remember the PFederal Government has no money except the taxpayers’ money,” said Couzens. The Senator said in answer to ques- tions regarding the possibiilty of a loan to reopen banks now that he would be “a fine example of a pork barrel Sen: tor if, after criticizing the Treasury for 10 years, he now indorsed a loan unless there were assets to secure it. Too Many Lawyers. “My observation.” he digressed to re- mark, “is that there are too many lawyers running the country. It has been agitated for years that courts should be allowed to give advisory opin- ions and the Government should advise the public. But they are all surrounded by lawyers who prevent it.” “What should we do?” asked Toy. “If it were up to me I would draw a purely depositors’ plan, as they have a prior lien over stockholders” said Couzens. “Get 75 per cent of the de- positors to agree to it and then take it to Washington and ask for the $75.- 000,000 to open another new bank. But if the lawyers go through the new banking act and find some fly specks in it, T don't know. The lawyers can defeat almost anything. If I were the controller or Secretary of the Treas- e ‘There are rumors you may be,” said “I've heard the rumors, but I haven't seen the job,” said the Sena- tor. “If I were such an officer I might apprcve the request and then there would be a swarm of lawyers objecting to it. I realize lawyers are a neces- sity, but like other good things they are overdone. I've been connected with them for 11 years and they have told me all the things I can't do. I'd rather go ahead and do it and then go to jail than be stopped by them ahead of time.” | Senator Couzens declared that “while the depression had much to do with he bad condition of the two local na- tional banks, I am still ready to admit that much of it was due to the lack of law enforcement by the Federal au- thorities at Washington.” | Hoping for Recovery. | “Yesterday you criticized the way these banks were conducted prior to the holiday,” said Prosecutor Toy. “Should not the bank examiners have prevented this?” “All an examiner can do is make hic report,” said the Senator. “Washing | ton_must act.” | “Why did Washington permit ti condition in Detroft if it knew of it asked Toy. | _“On the theory that prosperity was ust around the corner,” said Couzens. “Public officials, from the President ! down, were holding out that hope to | the people. It was in a large part the | depression that affected the assets of the banks here.” He said much of the blame for the banks' condition is on officials here, but a part was given to administration officials in Washington for not enforcing the law. Criticized Bad Loans. “If the bankers were to blame to the extent you say, Washington must have known of it and approved of it,” said To | 0.” said Couzens. “The letters to the Detroit banks show that Washing- ton did not approve. But the acts al- ready had been committed. The con- troller of the currency criticized the management and the bad loans, but if the controller had taken action to eliminate these matters the bank would have had to close, because its capital was seriously affected Washington had to answer this question: Whether it was better to wait for prosperity to return or to insist on the letter of the law and close the banks. “This was not an easy question. At | hearings before the Senate Banking | and Currency Committee the controller | himself testified that he had not en- | forced the law because he was W hoping there would be a recovery The Senator repeated his statement | of yesterday that there had been mil- | lions of dollars loaned “wholly without | Justification” and that the primary | cause of the collapse was “the orgy of high finance, the orgy of consolidations, the aufld!x;g of flfifl]g:)us values and the creation of one holding company af! another.” 5 P Toy insisted that the Federal Govern- | ment approved the bank and holding company mergers to the extent of ex- amining the assets of national banks involved, and Couzens agreed. 7 “Then the Federal Government, at | least tacitly, had a hand in this orgy of high finance?” asked Toy. “Oh, no,” said Couzens. “When the holding companies tried to collect the | stocks of these banks, they paid ab- | surdly high and ridiculous prices to ace | cumulate the ownership. The Govern- ment was not interested in that and took no ‘part in it. That is the part I want to point out as the orgy of high finance of which I complain.” Disputes Banker Witnesses. Couzens pounded away at his con- tention that the Detroit banks, with deposits of more than $500,000,000, were | kept closed after the holiday because of | their condition and not because of a super-strict attitude on the pat of Gov- srnment officials. The latter theory had been propounded again and again by banker witnesses who appeared in the early weeks of the inquiry. These {banker witnesses also had accused Couzens of blocking a loan which they claimed would have prevented the Michigan holiday. The white-haired Senator thwarted every effort of his diminutive, but vig- orous inquisitor to craw from him an admission that the Government was in effect a partner in the Detroit financial policies because the consolidations which created the two big banks were permitted. “My main criticism,” he said, “is that the conditions I object to were engaged in after the consolidations—the past- due loans, the unwarranted loans, the millions and millions loaned on their own stock in violation of the law. All that was done long before the Federal Government knew of it. * * * Then the question arose: Should the Federal Gov- ernment compel all these loans to be wiped out and the banks close because of the impairment of capital? “The Federal Government says: ‘T think it is better to carry them along in the hope they will work out.” better community interest. The discre- tion may turn out wrong or wise. I want to point out that 35 or 40 billions th deposits were never affected. Why? Because they had sound banking man- agement and sound banks, run for depositors and not for speculators.” ;he Congressional Rec= (%